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		<title>Toyota triptych: the vehicles themselves</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:16:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the general media’s coverage of Toyota’s recent travails became more and more absurd (constant rehashing of quotes from so-called ‘Experts’ who only wanted the chance to rant, yet had no substantial science to back up their claims of electronic interference or the like), and our elected representatives grandstanded for the cameras and microphones, trying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>‘Speed Kills’ hype takes another blow</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:51:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since 1982, one organization has stood as American drivers’ only real line of defense against the egregious perversions of road ‘justice’ perpetrated on us by politicians and bureaucrats, and the insurance lobby that backs them: the National Motorists Association.  They’ve fought the good fight, keeping the joyless foes of freedom from saddling us with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sudden acceleration&#8230;of hype?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:48:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the 1980s Audi was almost bankrupted by media frenzy about ‘sudden acceleration’.  By the time 60 Minutes and other news outlets sheepishly admitted the truth—that the condition didn’t actually exist and that the fault was with the drivers, not the cars—it was almost too late.  It took two decades for Audi’s sales [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A lost decade for the Detroit automakers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:58:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the turn of the century the ‘Big 3’ were riding high: huge sales and even grosser profits drove Chrysler, Ford, and GM to think they could do no wrong—or that whatever sins they did commit would be washed away in a flood of black ink.

Americans were in love with SUVs and trucks, and drunk [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The five most memorable drives of 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:15:03 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Driving With Isaac]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was a stellar year for the introduction of cool new rides, but four out of my top five were updates of existing machinery.  Herein, five at various price points that stayed in my mind.

Ford Flex EcoBoost
From the moment the Flex debuted, I dug its look and out-of-the-box (pun intended) take on the crossover [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five most disappointing drives of 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:52:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are almost no truly awful vehicles these days.  These aren’t necessarily the worst cars, trucks, or SUVs I drove in 2009, but in one way or another, they were the most distressing or disappointing.

Chevrolet Camaro SS
I really rather liked the V6-powered RS model—frugal, fast, and quick-witted.  But the heavily hyped, 426hp big [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sorry to see Saab go</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 01:05:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GM’s deal to sell Saab to tiny supercar maker Koenigsegg fell through recently, and the chances don’t look good that they’ll find a new buyer, which means Saab will be shuttered.  I, for one, am sad.  I have fond memories of our ’76 Saab 99; though it needed fairly constant upkeep—like most European [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remote vehicle start and Colorado’s ‘Puffer’ law</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:59:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hum it with me:
Raindrops on roses
And whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles
And warm woolen mittens…
These are a few of my favorite things
Since scraping ice off your windshield at 6am isn’t one of anyone’s favorite things about winter, I had planned to make life a little easier for my better half, by adding a remote start system [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will fuel prices stay low? (Part 1)</title>
		<link>http://nicedrivz.com/will-fuel-prices-stay-low-part-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:27:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently read an essay in Foreign Affairs magazine by Edward L. Morse, a very respected specialist on oil and energy markets.  His well-researched and logical thesis is that the price of oil may stay low for the medium term, especially if the government makes some smart decisions in the near future.
What’s behind his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Headrests and neck injuries</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:47:15 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Car Technology]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past five or six years one of the areas of car safety that has improved is whiplash protection and neck injury.  Leading safety advocates like Saab and Volvo came up with ‘active’ headrests over a decade ago.  These stayed at a comfortable distance from the back of occupant’s skulls, but in [...]]]></description>
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